Silvertone stainless steel case with a silvertone stainless steel bracelet. Fixed silvertone stainless steel with black PVD with tachymet bezel. Black dial with. In Siam Paragon youll also find an increasing number of independent designers vying for elbowroom in this sparkling white space. Dont be surprised if you catch. Check the tags of your product. An authentic product should have one to several tags, one of which has the serial number underneath. Fakes never have a serial number. How to spot a fake Louis Vuitton. You. Tube Link. You. Tube Link. Here are some additional tips from e treasure bay, an e. Bay community member, on how to authenticate a Louis Vuitton. Salvatore Ferragamo Serial Number Check' title='Salvatore Ferragamo Serial Number Check' />They should have a Date code and Serial number NOT a model number Real LV has 6 character date code or serial number. From left to right, char 1 and char 2 are letters where char 3 to char 6 are numbers. If authentic, the char 3 is less than 1 the char 4 is higher than 8 with exception of 0 and, the char 5 and char 6 are numbers between 0 to 9. Vintage pieces may be vary from this rule yet model number as code is big no no. Every single multicolor item should have a date code that ends in the number 3 or 4 with no exceptions, Cherry Blossom for instance Bar code No such a thing. Market pioneer established in 1954, Dyer Blair has been a pivotal player in the development and transformation of the local and regional capital markets through. Bar code is only for LV associate carbon copy at the point of sale. Bar code tag has never been issued to customer. Be aware of those green envelope, bar code tag, card and care booklet spread out like pocker, BE CAREFUL LV Care booklet DO NOT come with monogram bags except cherries, vernis and multi color items. A LV card and a receipt may be more helpful. Stitching is perfectly hand stitched and proportionally aligned. Salvatore Ferragamo Serial Number Check' title='Salvatore Ferragamo Serial Number Check' />Sloppy light color and uneven stitching is sign of a fake. Authentic hand stitching looks like that every seam is at approx 4. I mean by. Machine stitching looks like many horizontal seam line up from head to toe. Whole sale Reputable major resellerUsed LV Suppliers No such a thing. If wholesale LV bags are seen in listings or in an unverifiable private feedback listing, be very careful. Louis Vuitton doesnt approve any individuals to be the whole sale representativeThe LV logo should not be cut off or used as a background, with very rare exceptions of vintage bags. Yet, Ellipse, for instance, is an exception. The LV logos are always line up horizontally and vertically, front to back vertically if one piece of leather wrapped around, and side to side horizontally. LV upside down on one side is natural when one piece of leather is wrapped around. Louis Vuitton straps are made from fine quality untreated cowhide leather which will appear a very pale yellow color. Newer LV leather has changed to a whiter cowhide leather color. They will all develop a natural patina, a dark honey color, over age. Fake LV shape is often not dimensionally proportionate and may be of the improper size albeit the description can be copied over. You may have to physically measure it to exam the authenticity. Nevertheless, if the shape look odd to you, be careful. Louis Vuitton multi color bag has 3. The fake LV multi colors use only 2. Louis Vuitton never attaches or hangs tags to their merchandise. Maze Game In Processing more. NEVER 1. 1. Louis Vuitton Boutiques do not USUALLY leave plastic wrap on handles The Store will rarely, although they do sometimes, leave plastic wrap on hardware or handles before presenting to customer. Louis Vuitton Pleaty bags only use stonewashed destroyed denim jeans for the body of the bag. Be aware of those clean, sharp, and very blue color fabric which is easy to differentiate. Louis Vuitton Chien dog carrier bag only use METAL in gold paint for the side screen to prevent animals sharp claws, NOT nylon mesh or other garment net. Also, the interior is not canvas lined. The interior is water resistant man made material for easy cleaning after carrying animals. Well, dont you think that they are common sense when design for an animal carrierThese are the obvious differences between the real Sac Chien and the fake ones. Last but not least, LV logos are always symmetrically lined up, never misaligned or scattered all over the place Special thanks to e treasure bay, for putting a very informative guide. Please report any counterfeit item on e. Bay HERE to protect other buyers from fraud. Lets look out for each other and make our e. Bay shopping experience more pleasant. How to spot a fake balenciaga motorcycle bag. Here is a guide on how to spot a fake Balenciaga bag from luv. Bay community member. These are the important things that you need to look for on a fake Balenciaga bag The Leather. One of the reasons Balenciaga handbags are so popular is because they are made from some of the softest, thinnest, and most lightweight leather available. Once youve touched a Balenciaga handbag, you will be instantly hooked The leather is very thin, but extremely durable. The type of leather used by Balenciaga is a very distressed looking type of leather. Every bag has a unique appearance. Youll find lines, wrinkles, folds and smooth spots all over the bags body. No two Balenciaga bags look identical. Most of the fake bags are made from cheap leather, which has a shiny and stiff appearance to it. The leather on the fake bags looks more cracked than distressed. Look closely at the fake bags appearance. See how shiny it is An authentic Balenciaga bag doesnt have this much shine to the bag. Youll also notice that the bags material appears more cracked rather than distressed. Almost as if those lines were intentionally put there The leather on the fake bag is too even and structured. It looks the same all over the bag. An authentic Balenciaga will usually collapse when empty. This is because the leather is so thin and soft, whereas the fake bags tend to hold their shape even when theyre not stuffed. Here is a close up comparing the leather of an authentic bag to the leather of a fake bag. When you look at it this way, the differences in the appearance texture of the leather, become much more apparent. You can actually see the stiffness cracked appearance in the fake bag versus the soft and distressed look of the authentic. The most obvious difference between most of the fake Balenciagas and the authentic Balenciaga is the leather. The Authentics is so soft that theres no way the bag will stand upright unless it is very tightly stuffed. As I mentioned above, the authentic bags tend to collapse when you set them down, even when the bags have many things inside. It doesnt take much inside of a fake Balenciaga bag in order for it to retain its shape. The Tassels. The tassels that are connected to all of the zippers should be just as soft as the bags leather. They should hang loosely, and feel like velvet in your hands. The tassels on most fake bags are stiff and hard, and do not hang loosely. The Hardware. The hardware on the fake bag is too silver shiny. The hardware on an authentic bag is either brass or dirty silver. See the tonal differences in the authentic bag There are other differences also, if you look closely. See the hardware that connects the handles to the bag On an authentic bag this hardware is rounder and wider, while the hardware on the fake bag is much more narrow and longer. Also, the studs on the bag. The studs on the fake bag have a very flat appearance to them and look as if they protrude from the bag. On an authentic bag, the hardware is three dimensional and appears to blend with the bag. Also, the hardware on a fake bag is single toned, meaning that it is only a single shade of silver or brass. The hardware on an authentic bag is multi tonal, and looks like different colors in different light. Another thing to look at are the small rings on the zippers where the tassels are tied. There should be small rings on each of the zippers the top zipper, the front zipper and the inner zipper pocket. All of these rings should be sealed or welded closed so that there are no gaps andor spaces. Most of the fake bags that Ive seen have small gaps where the ends of the ring meet. These rings are also made from a type of metal that cannot be easily bent andor pinched, whereas the rings on the fake bags tend to be much to thin and can be easily bent or pinched together, or in some cases, easily fall off. The Straps. The shoulder strap of an authentic bag should should be one solid piece with small openings at the ends where the hardware fits into. The leather on the shoulder strap of most fake bags are folded over the hardware and wrapped around it, creating a double layer of leather. The hardware at the ends should have a rounded, curved appearance to it, while most of the fake bags have more of a squared appearance to this hardware. There should also be a small eye hook that connects the hardware together. The tip of the eye hook should have a flat head and should be pushed up through the corkscrew shaped hardware. It should not stop just below it, as it does on most of the fake bags. The detachable shoulder strap is almost always connected to the bag, it is also never wrapped in plastic or bubble wrap and tucked inside the bag. The Zipper. As Im sure most of you know, authentic Balenciaga bags are made with Lampo zippers. The thing that most people dont know is that Lampo makes two different types of zippers. An authentic Balenciaga should have the type of Lampo zipper that is written in italics with a line underneath which extends from the bottom of the L and the TM symbol in the upper right corner. The other type of Lampo zipper, which is printed in uneven, capital letters is NOT the type of the zipper that should be found on an authentic Balenciaga bag. The word Lampo should be embossed on the zipper printed in raised letters, whereas most of the fake bags have the word Lampo engraved into the zipper. Please be aware, however, that there are many fake bags with authentic Lampo zippers. YOU CANNOT TELL IF A BAG IS AUTHENTIC BY LOOKING AT THE ZIPPER ALONE The Handles. The handles are weaved, or braided with leather. Balenciaga calls it sueded leather, which has a raw appearance to it and looks more like rope or a shoelace. It shouldnt be finished leather, coated or protected. The following picture shows the difference in the braiding on an authentic bag and a fake one. See how the braiding on the fake bag looks like it has a protective coating over it The Tags. The Classique small, the City Classique medium and the Voyage weekender should all have a leather tag with a silver plate on the front side. The Office Bag large and Boston Twiggy should just have leather tags with no silver plate some older Twiggy bags had silver plates, but this was changed in 2. Most of the numbers should be the SAME on every bag in one style. The only number that is different is the first number on the top of the silver plate the one that starts with No. The number 1. 03. Classique small and should appear on the bottom of the silver plate and should be the first set of numbers on the back of the leather tag, followed by the numbers 2. Sap R/3 Black Book more. The model number of the City Classique medium is 1. The model number of the Voyage weekender is 1. The model number of the Twiggy bag is 1. The model number of the Office Bag is 1. All of these numbers should be found on all authentic bags for the current season. Many fake bags have one set of numbers on the silver plate, with another bags model number on the backside of the leather tag. The numbers and made in italy should be evenly centered on the backside of the tag. On many of the fake bags, these numbers are printed too high on the tag, or sometimes printed unevenly. The pics below show the tags from an authentic Classique and a fake Classique.